Arizona, Nevada and Maryland were the top 3 states in the adoption of Energy star certified homes in 2013 at 48%, 28% & 24% respectively. Adoption is the percentage of Energy star certified homes of total homes built in 2013.

After the top 3 states, the following 9 states came next and had an adoption rate of more than 10%

The performance of Arizona, Florida & North Carolina is especially notable since these states are also among the top performers in total energy star certified homes. Texas alone had 20713 energy certified homes in 2013 & with a total of 420728 homes built to date.

Connecticut was the median performer at 6.3% & the below 17 states were in the median range between 5 to 10% of total adoption.

1. Virginia: 10.0%

2. Pennsylvania: 8.8%

3. Rhode Island: 8.7%

4. California: 8.6%

5. Colorado: 8.4%

6. Tennessee: 7.7%

7. Hawaii 7.6%

8. South Carolina: 6.8%

9. New York: 6.7%

10. Montana: 6.6%

11. Illinois: 6.5%

12. Florida: 6.3%

13. Connecticut: 6.3%

14. Indiana: 5.6%

15. Oregon: 5.4%

16. New Jersey: 5.2%

17. Michigan: 5.2%

14 states were in the lower performers & had an adoption rate of between 1 to 5%

1. Massachusetts: 4.9%

2. Utah: 4.8%

3. Alaska: 4.4%

4. Maine: 4.4%

5. Washington: 4.0%

6. Kentucky: 3.9%

7. Mississippi: 3.7%

8. Georgia: 3.3%

9. Wyoming: 2.8%

10. South Dakota : 2.2%

11. Missouri: 2.2%

12. Alabama: 2.1%

13. West Virginia: 1.4%

14. Nebraska: 1.2%

Given below are eight worst performing states that had less than a 1% adoption rate:

1. Oklahoma: 0.93%

2. Kansas: 0.76%

3. Arkansas: 0.59%

4. Louisiana: 0.24%

5. District of Columbia: 0.12%

6. Minnesota: 0.11%

7. North Dakota: 0.11%

8. Wisconsin: 0.05%